News

May 23, 2019

Early Dismissal Planned for Last Day of School

Just a reminder that the district will have a 2-hour early dismissal on the last day of school, Friday, May 24. Hours for morning kindergarten will be 9:15 to 11:00 a.m. and afternoon kindergarten will be 11:50 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

Back to School Clothing Assistance through Fairfield County’s 2-1-1 program opens for applications on June 3, 2019. Eligibility Must be a resident of Fairfield County Children must live in the household and attend a Fairfield County School Income based— 100% of the poverty guideline ($25,750 for a family of 4) For children entering preschool, Head […]

Eight certificated and three classified employees are retiring after years of dedicated service to the students and staff of Pickerington Schools. The retirees will be honored with a reception just before the Board of Education meeting on Monday, May 13, in the District Office’s Main Conference Room at 90 N. East St. The Retirees Reception […]

Michelle Davis, Intervention Specialist at Tussing Elementary School, and Lynn Trotch, Library Media Aide at Sycamore Creek Elementary School, are the two districtwide 2019 “Pride of Pickerington” (POPs) employee of the year winners. Congratulations! Davis and Trotch were recognized, along with thirteen certificated and 14 classified personnel who won POPs awards for their individual buildings, […]

You are invited to join us for a Red Carpet event — the Grand Opening of PLSD’s Student Art Gallery, located in main hallway of the District Office (90 N. East St.). The Student Art Gallery Grand Opening will unveil student-created art pieces from three buildings: Pickerington High School Central, Toll Gate Middle School and Tussing […]

Thanks to everyone who attended the PLSD Open House Wednesday night. It was an evening packed with information, food and generosity! View the full Flickr album from the event at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmbSMjmx. Transportation Supervisor Greg Kelley and Petermann Bus General Manager Rob Weinheimer kicked off the event with a talk about new school bus technologies, then everyone […]

School will soon be out until fall, but lunch is still available! The Pickerington Schools Food Services Department’s Summer Meals Program returns to Tussing Elementary this summer. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays in June. “When school lets out, learning does not end,” said Judy Riley, the Supervisor of Food […]

OPEN HOUSE AGENDA April 24 — 5:15pm-7:00pm RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/PLSDOpenHouse 5:15 p.m. — Check out what’s new in our school bus technology, including a brand new app that tracks where PLSD school buses are at all times, as well as a new system that gives turn-by-turn instructions to drivers 5:40 p.m. — Find out […]

Infinite Campus’ Online Payment vendor, Vanco, will be undergoing maintenance beginning at 11PM Central Daylight Time* on April 5, 2019, lasting through 3AM CDT on April 6, 2019. During this four hour window, users will be unable to make online payments and will instead receive an error message when attempting a payment or when making modifications […]

After working her way up in the district from a sub to an administrator, PLSD School Health Supervisor Sharon Schmitz was recently named School Nurse Administrator of the Year by her peers. She was recognized at a celebration reception on March 8 at the 46th annual State Conference of the Ohio Association of School Nurses (COASN) in […]